2 Corinthians

Treated in 626 passages across the library.

Paul's most personal letter, written to Corinth after a painful visit and a severe letter. He defends his ministry against false apostles, and speaks of comfort in affliction, treasure in earthen vessels, and the ministry of reconciliation. He writes of his thorn in the flesh and the Lord's answer, "My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness."

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  1. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Prefatory Address to King Francis cites 2 Cor. 11:14

    …did not know it to be one of Satan’s wiles to transform himself “into an angel of light” (2 Cor. 11:14). The Egyptians, in whose neighbourhood Jeremiah was buried, anciently sacrificed and…

  2. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Brief Memoir of Thomas Watson cites 2 Corinthians 7:1

    …love to enemies and persecutors. The second, preached in the afternoon, is on 2 Corinthians 7:1. ‘Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all…

  3. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Scriptural Christianity cites 2 Cor. 4:2

    …of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God” (2 Cor. 4:2)? Are we dead to the world, and the things of the world, “laying up all our treasure in…

  4. Communion with God · John Owen

    That the saints have communion with God cites 2 Cor. iii. 15

    …was upon them, that they had not ἐλευθερίαν, freedom and liberty in their access to God, 2 Cor. iii. 15, 16, etc. But now in Christ we have boldness and access with confidence to God, Eph. iii.…

  5. Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee · Ochorus Originals

    Preface cites 2 Corinthians 4:7

    …that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves” (2 Corinthians 4:7, ASV). The purpose of Christian biography is not to polish the vessel until it looks…

  6. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    Part I. Concerning the nature of the affections and their importance in religion cites 2 Cor. 11:2

    …expectation, and his hope.” He likewise expresses an affection of godly jealousy, 2 Cor. 11:2, 3. And it appears by his whole history, after his conversion, in the Acts, and also by…